Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.15
पतित: स्खलितो भग्न: सन्दष्टस्तप्त आहत: ।
हरिरित्यवशेनाह पुमान्नार्हति यातना: ॥ १५ ॥
patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ
[patitah skhalito bhagnah]
sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ
[sandashtas tapta aahatah]
harir ity avaśenāha
[harir ity avashenaaha]
pumān nārhati yātanāḥ
[pumaan naarhati yaatanaah]
Word-for-word
patitaḥ
—
fallen down
skhalitaḥ
—
slipped
bhagnaḥ
—
having broken his bones
sandaṣṭaḥ
—
bitten
taptaḥ
—
severely attacked by fever or similar painful conditions
āhataḥ
—
injured
hariḥ
—
Lord Kṛṣṇa
iti
—
thus
avaśena
—
accidentally
āha
—
chants
pumān
—
a person
na
—
not
arhati
—
deserves
yātanāḥ
—
hellish conditions.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ
patitaḥ
fallen down
skhalitaḥ
slipped
bhagnaḥ
having broken his bones
sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ
sandaṣṭaḥ
bitten
taptaḥ
severely attacked by fever or similar painful conditions
āhataḥ
injured
harir ity avaśenāha
hariḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa
iti
thus
avaśena
accidentally
āha
chants
pumān nārhati yātanāḥ
pumān
a person
na
not
arhati
deserves
yātanāḥ
hellish conditions.
If one chants the holy name of Hari and then dies because of an accidental misfortune, such as falling from the top of a house, slipping and suffering broken bones while traveling on the road, being bitten by a serpent, being afflicted with pain and high fever, or being injured by a weapon, one is immediately absolved from having to enter hellish life, even though he is sinful.
Purport
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (8.6) :
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” If one practices chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, he is naturally expected to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa when he meets with some accident. Even without such practice, however, if one somehow or other chants the holy name of the Lord (Hare Kṛṣṇa) when he meets with an accident and dies, he will be saved from hellish life after death.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
A person who chants the name of the Lord while falling from a cliff, stumbling on the road, receiving injury his body, being bitten by snakes, being burned with fever or being attacked with sticks will not suffer hellish punishment.
Besides the above mentioned four types of chanting there is a fifth, chanting in conditions beyond one’s control, with different varieties. Chanting while falling from a building, stumbling on the road, breaking ones limbs, being bitten by a snake or other animal, being burned by fever, or being attacked with sticks, a person who is not a karmī, jñānī etc. will still be free from hell.
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Personal Guidance
If one happens to chant Hari at the moment of accidental death — falling, snakebite, fever, injury — that chanting frees one from hellish destinations. The name protects in extremis.
Reflection Questions
- Do I treat chanting as insurance for my final moment, or as relationship now?
- What habits would make Kṛṣṇa's name the natural sound my body produces under stress?
My note
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